June 2014
The hypersonic grail: advances at DARPA, AFRL and beyond
... has driven military research into hypersonics. Test engineers ready a Hypersonic Technology Vehicle-1 model prior to a Hypervelocity Wind Tunnel 9 operation The attractive and compelling benefits promised by hypersonic flight have, for the past five...
June 2014
Space technology transfer portals and the chance progress of innovation
..., much worse than the expected performance of the microscope. The reason for this turned out to be the wind, buffeting the outside of the building and causing the hyper-sensitive microscope to shake. The vibrations were...
June 2014
In thrall to a star: understanding the Sun will help us understand our own climate and environment
... satellite. Bottom panel shows extreme UV images from the SOHO/ EIT telescope with the bulk solar wind speed measured by the ACE satellite superimposed. The largest flares are associated with significantly enhanced proton...
December 2014
Rosetta revelations: the fabric of comet 67P/Churyumov-Gerasimenko
..., to chemical analysis of dust and gas, to studying the interaction of the comet with its environment (the solar wind), will give us a much better understanding of: how comets work; where the material comes from; how the...
March 2015
Shipping, the environment and satellite AIS
... marine pollution, traffic exclusion zones and precautionary areas have been established. Precautionary areas might envelop wind farms or oil and gas fields, and apply to vessels of a certain size. Vessels may be prohibited from entering...
June 2015
European lab in the sky: OP-SAT and new potential for ESA spacecraft
..., wild temperature variations once there, delays and breaks in communication opportunities with ground and exposure to solar wind and cosmic radiation are just some of the factors that combine to stress a satellite’s on board control systems...
